Earthwork Foreman - Night Shift

Granite Construction • Mission, TX

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Earthwork Foreman supervises and coordinates workers excavating and grading rights-of-way for construction projects such as highways, streets, drainage ditches, and dams. This position is located in Brownsville, Texas, and is designated as a night-shift role. Depending on the work being supervised, the foreman may oversee paving, fine grading, culvert laying, dumping, or rough grading activities.

Requirements

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent years of experience.
• Two to four years of specific job training to learn the techniques, information, and facility needed for average performance.
• Ability to read engineering drawings.
• Ability to practice good safety habits and work in dusty or dirty surroundings.
• Ability to follow instructions and meet set standards.
• Ability to judge distances and slopes accurately and make decisions based on verifiable standards.
• Ability to stoop, bend, and crouch; use hands, arms, and legs fully; and see well, naturally or with correction.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds, with frequent lifting and carrying of objects weighing up to 25 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Measure distances from reference points to locate construction-site boundaries.
• Direct crews operating vehicles and machines to dump, scrape, and spread dirt.
• Verify the curvature of graded surfaces using a hand level.
• May supervise bituminous paving crews.
• May supervise crews operating machines to tamp, roll, and smooth highway subgrade surfaces.
• May supervise workers laying drainage tile and concrete or metal culverts.
• Perform other duties described for a Supervisor.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED